Advanced Practice Provider - Palliative Care

University Hospitals; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider in Palliative Care for their Cleveland, Ohio location. This role involves providing quality palliative care and increasing patient access and satisfaction.

The ideal candidate will have a Master’s Degree in Nursing or from an accredited PA program, with at least one year of NP or PA experience preferred. Leadership skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office are required.

Qualifications

• 1+ years as a NP or PA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and maintain positive relationships with patients/customers.
• Perform patient assessment and assign diagnosis based on recorded assessment data.
• Establish plan of care and implement interventions in accordance with care paths.
• Collaborate with other health care providers to provide care.
• Contribute to the educational development of staff and patients.

Skills

Demonstrated leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Computer skills

Microsoft Office and Outlook

Education

Master’s Degree in Nursing (MSN)

Master’s Degree from an accredited PA program

Job description

Advanced Practice Provider - Palliative Care (26000474)

Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) responsible for providing quality palliative care, increasing patient access and satisfaction, and performing tasks as specified by the Ohio State Board of Medicine and UH entity specific Medical Bylaws.

A Brief Overview

The Advanced Practice Provider delivers high‑level palliative care at the top of license through an interdisciplinary team approach, focusing on goals of care conversations, symptom management, and reducing uncertainty for medically complex patients. New graduates with 2 years of hospice or palliative care experience as an RN are considered.

What you will do

• Initiate and maintain positive relationships with patients/customers (10%).
• Initiate and maintain positive relationships with co‑workers (10%).
• Takes responsibility for self‑development and supports a learning environment (10%).
• Displays commitment to the mission of the hospital and its values (10%).
• Performs patient assessment and assigns diagnosis based on recorded assessment data and current scientific and research (20%).
• Establishes plan of care and implements interventions in accordance with care paths, protocols, and standards of care and current research (15%).
• Collaborates with other health care providers in an interdisciplinary approach to provide care to the patient and family (5%).
• Contributes to the educational development of staff, patients, family and self (5%).
• Demonstrates progressive leadership and effective management (5%).
• Provides education through role modeling and in‑services to meet identified learning needs and to promote professionalism (5%).
• Advances own professional development through self‑directed learning, continuing education, and participation in peer review (5%).

Education Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Nursing (MSN).
• Master’s Degree from an accredited PA educational program.

Experience Qualifications

• 1+ years as a NP or PA preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated leadership skills (required proficiency).
• Demonstrated skills in interpersonal relationships (required proficiency).
• Must have computer skills to access patient medical data from UHHS mainframe (required proficiency).
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Outlook (required proficiency).

Licenses and Certifications

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Ohio.
• Nurse Practitioner (NP) in the State of Ohio, or
• Current Physician Assistant (PA) in the State of Ohio.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) preferred.